A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Wrightwood in CA on Sunday. Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 08:09:53 / January 12, 2020 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 7.03 km, -117.6139984° West, 34.3858337° North. The temblor was detected at 00:09:53 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci39033159. Unique identifier: ci39033159. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.03 km (4 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Portola Hills, Westminster, Barstow. Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km NNE of Wrightwood, CA.
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